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August 6, On This Day Andrew Warhola — more popularly known as Andy Warhol — has an artistic legacy that seems almost too vast to describe. Born on August 6, 1928, Warhol was a pioneer of pop art (mass-produced art that apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the US), visual artist, film […]
Pop-ping out of art history like no other — Andy Warhol was born on August 6 Read More »
July 28, On This Day On July 28, 1866 — 156 years ago — at the age of 18, Lavinia Ellen ‘Vinnie’ Ream Hoxie became the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln). She had become an apprentice at well-known sculptor Clark Mills’s studio
July 28, On This Day Known for “luminous works” that provided “a striking portrayal of spirituality and simplicity”, Indian artist Manjit Bawa is also known as “a modernist master of the figurative genre”. Born on July 28, 1941, in Dhuri, Punjab, Bawa extensively “drew on Indian mythology and Sufi philosophy to paint vibrant depictions of
Luminous, vibrant and spiritual: Celebrating the works of Manjit Bawa on his birthday Read More »
July 26, On This Day A much-revered painter from the first post-colonial generation of artists in India, Tyeb Mehta was born on July 26, 1925, and had a prolific career over at least six decades. Also known as a sculptor and film maker, Mehta was part of the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group, which comprised other
Tyeb Mehta: A modernist Indian master whose powerful paintings minted their worth Read More »
July 22, On This Day A groundbreaking American sculptor known for his innovative ‘mobiles’ (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents), his static ‘stabiles’, and his monumental public sculptures, Alexander Calder was born on July 22, 1898 in Pennsylvania, USA. (Interestingly, his birthdate is a bit of a source of confusion, as his mother
Sculpting a precarious balance into a lasting legacy: Alexander Calder was born today Read More »
July 16, On This Day Recognized as one of the early adopters of modernism in American art, Charles Sheeler was known for his Precisionist paintings and commercial photography. Born on July 16, 1883, a young Sheeler returned from a trip to Paris in 1909, inspired by the works of Cubist artists like Pablo Picasso and
Charles Sheeler: The Artist-Shutterbug Who Found Power In Modern Lines Read More »
July 4, On This Day While famous in life, American painter, art instructor, and television host was fated to become even more popular posthumously on the internet. In fact, his videos have become hugely beloved for devotees of autonomous sensory meridian response or ASMR, which is a pleasant form of paresthesia (or tingling) often brought
Bob Ross: Breathing life into the soothing joy of painting Read More »
JUNE 29, ON THIS DAY The Greek painter who is considered as the “father of seascape painting” Konstantinos Volanakis died on this day, 29 June 1907. He is regarded as one of the most appreciated seascape painters of the period after the Greek War of Independence and considered as an authentic representative of the Munich
Remembering the father of Greek seascape painting Read More »
JUNE 20, ON THIS DAY Best known for his brilliantly coloured, expressionist paintings and illustrations that presented scenes of sports and entertainment, LeRoy Neiman passed away on this day, 20 June 2012. He worked both as an illustrator and as an artist whose paintings, prints, and drawings were shown in galleries and reproduced in numerous publications.
The first major sports artist of the world died on this day Read More »
June 12, On This Day In an artistic stint that has been called “short, intense, and amazingly productive”, Austrian Expressionist painter Egon Schiele is said to have become one of the best portrait artists of the modern era and a key contributor to the Vienna Secession movement. Born on this day 132 years ago, on
The raw, radical, intense yet delicate portraiture of Egon Schiele Read More »